WordPress WXD Backup Lite plugin Broken Access Control
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
WXD Backup Lite plugin for WordPress, versions through 1.0.2, lacks an authorization check on a function, so an unauthenticated remote attacker can access functions that should be restricted. The flaw is classified as Missing Authorization (CWE-862). An attacker needs no account or user interaction to exploit it over the network, and the impact is high confidentiality loss.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
Unauthenticated Broken Access Control in WXD Backup Lite <= 1.0.2 versions.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for WXD Backup Lite.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Timeline
- 2026-10-06 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-41560
- 2026-10-06 Alias added: GHSA-6hpr-xr99-6jh6
- 2026-10-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-06 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
Sources
- CVE-2026-41560 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-41560 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6hpr-xr99-6jh6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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